An off-duty cop helped Chinese police save a woman from committing suicide. She drove her car into the Wusong River to drown.

The rescue took 17 minutes.

The incident is captured on nine police surveillance videos linked here:

https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2214287

The woman was never identified. No updates were given on her health status.

An off-duty policeman who was fishing, Wang Liang, witnessed the event. He reported the incident to local police. They called a ferry to pull the car to shore.

The video shows Xie Haifeng, a local policeman, breaking the driver's side window with a hammer and pulling the victim to safety.

Xie Haifeng